SSoL–Exiting Root
I don’t think most of us need to know Linux, but if you end up managing a system, it’s good...
2017-07-05
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Balanced Power Saving T-SQL script
We can easily spend tens of thousands of dollars on core licences for SQL Server, and then we go and...
2017-07-05
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I Love Entity Framework
I love Entity Framework. I also like (not love) nHibernate. That’s right, as a DBA and data professional, I’m telling...
2017-07-17 (first published: 2017-07-05)
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When do Distribution Statistics Get Updated?
Statistics objects are important to us for allowing SQL to make good estimates of the row-counts involved in different parts...
2017-07-05
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What is the system_health extended events session?
Similar to the default trace the system_health session is automatically started up when the instance starts and collects information about...
2017-07-19 (first published: 2017-07-05)
2,164 reads
Persisting data in docker containers – Part Three
Last week in Part Two I went through how to create named volumes and map them to containers in order...
2017-07-19 (first published: 2017-07-05)
3,194 reads
SQL Server 2017+ How To Replace Multiple Characters In A Single Statement With TRANSLATE
The REPLACE function in SQL Server has until now been quite limited. SQL Server 2017 has introduced a new TRANSLATE...
2017-07-05
1,938 reads
Spell-checking dbatools with Visual Studio Code
Earlier this week I was working on adding a new feature to Update-DbaTools and while looking at another cmdlet to check syntax/conventions, I noticed an ugly typo in some...
2017-07-05
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How to Automatically Purge Historical Data From a Temporal Table
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Temporal Tables are awesome.
They make analyzing time-series data a cinch, and because they automatically track row-level history, rolling-back from an "oops" scenario doesn't mean...
2017-07-04
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Celebrate Your Independence with Free Tools
Been working on this blog post for a while, thought I'd share today an inventory of tools I use regularly...
2017-07-04
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Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #203: Risk and Reward
By Steve Jones
This is timely, as I’m currently on a boat in the Adriatic taking a...
dataMinds Connect 2026 – Slides & Scripts
You can find the slides and SQL scripts for my session “Spice up your...
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later)
By SQLPals
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later) Updated...
Forums
Risk Vs Reward, The never ending ROI discussion.
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Risk Vs Reward, The never...
Trigger isn't working
Hi, I have a trigger, that works fine elsewhere but is not working at...
Question of the Day
Hyperscale Replicas IV
In Azure SQL Database Hyperscale Edition, how many geo-replicas can be created?
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